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US Plant Patent PP15712

KORsuflabe

Floribunda rose plant named ‘KORsuflabe’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 5, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 21, 2023. This patent earned 107 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15712, the photograph of KORsuflabe printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15712, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP15712
Filed
October 21, 2003
Granted
April 5, 2005
Expires
February 5, 2024
Assignee
KORDES SOEHNE ROSENSCHULEN
Inventor
KORDES WILHELM

Abstract

Floribunda rose plant having large, double flowers in large clusters; disease resistance foliage; compact, well branched plant habit; and ability to grow vigorously on its own roots.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the floribunda class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by large, double flowers in large clusters; disease resistant foliage; compact, well branched plant habit; and ability to grow vigorously on its own roots.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15712 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.